Create, list, lock, deploy, and delete Azure Resource Group via Azure CLI

Azure Resource Manager is the deployment and management service for Azure. It provides a management layer that enables you to create, update, and delete resources in your Azure account. You use management features, like access control, locks, and tags, to secure and organize your resources after deployment. This guide discusses how to create, list, lock, deploy, and delete Azure Resource Group via Azure CLI. Also here are some of my related guides: How to manage azure resource manager resource groups by using Azure CLI, how to configure azure resources with tools, and how to install and configure Ansible on Ubuntu.

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• What is a resource group?
• Create resource groups using CLI.
• List resource groups using CLI.
• Lock resource groups CLI.
• Deploy resources CLI.
• Delete resource groups CLI.

What is a resource group?

A resource group is a container that holds related resources for an Azure solution. The resource group can include all the resources for the solution or only those resources that you want to manage as a group.

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Create resource groups using CLI

• Go to the Azure Portal
• At the top bar, click on the cloud shell
• Select to open the bash terminal
• Type the following below to create a resource group

az group create --name staggingResourceGroup --location westus

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List resource groups using CLI

• Go to the Azure Portal
• At the top bar, click on the cloud shell
• Select to open the bash terminal
• Type the following below to create a resource group

az group list

Lock resource groups using CLI

Locking prevents other users in your organization from accidentally deleting or modifying critical resources.

• Go to the Azure Portal
• At the top bar, click on the cloud shell
• Select to open the bash terminal
• Type the following below to create a resource group

az lock create --name LockGroup --lock-type CanNotDelete --resource-group staggingResourceGroup

How to get the locks for a resource group

az lock list --resource-group staggingResourceGroup

How to delete a lock for a resource group

az lock delete --name LockGroup --resource-group staggingResourceGroup

Deploy resources using CLI

Go to the Azure Portal. At the top bar, click on the cloud shell, select to open the bash terminal

Type the following below to create a resource group

az storage account create --resource-group staggingResourceGroup --name staggingstorage2021 --location westus --sku Standard_LRS --kind StorageV2

Deploy resources using CLI

Go to the Azure Portal. At the top bar, click on the cloud shell, and Select to open the bash terminal

Type the following below to create a resource group

az group delete --name staggingResourceGroup

This article provided a step-by-step overview of the steps on how to create, list, lock, deploy, and delete Azure Resource Group via Azure CLI.